On agrarian law-Thus I maintain, O Romans, that this admirable and popular agrarian law gives you nothing, but makes a present of everything to certain individuals ; it holds lands before the eyes of the Roman people and robs...
ROMAN LAW
After Romulus had distinguished the persons of higher rank from those of inferior condition, then he passed laws and apportioned the duties for each to do: the patricians to be priests and magistrates and judges; the plebeians to be...
The magistrate shall bring them immediately before the Senate and shall appoint whatever advocate they request to speak on their behalf to the Senate. He shall not act as advocate against his will if by law he is given...
It remains for us to speak of actions. And if we inquire how many kinds of actions there are, the better opinion seems to be that there are but two, real and personal; for those who say that there...
By the Law of the Twelve Tables, the estates of persons dying intestate belong to their proper heirs.
THE INSTITUTES OF GAIUS SECOND COMMENTARY. (1) In the former Commentary we explained the law of persons; now let us consider the law of things, which either form part of our property
FIRST COMMENTARY- 1 to 200 I. CONCERNING CIVIL AND NATURAL LAW. (1) All peoples who are ruled by laws and customs partly make use of their own laws, and partly have recourse to those which are common to all...